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Each year, the LaGuardia/Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College publishes on behalf of the City University a calendar to a wide distribution. This coming year they want to feature those alumni of CUNY colleges who went on to serve the labor movement as leaders, staff, and activists. “We would like to identify all those leaders, […]

The U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL) is stiffening the criteria by which it determines whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee. The DOL’s rules control whether you qualify for a few things—minimum wage, overtime, hours worked, child labor, and time and payroll records. Employees do, contractors don’t. Other agencies control other financial aspects […]

The new website makeover of the National Writers Union (NWU) went live on Monday, July 13, 2015; and several of the sites for various state Chapters are now hosted under the main NWU site at https://nwu.org. You’ll find that the new design is clearer, cleaner and easier to navigate. Members are able to see their uploaded […]